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Whitepapers

  • When do You Need a Server?
  • In House or Hosted Servers?
  • What is Microsoft Exchange?
  • Operating Systems for a Law Firm
  • Types of Notebook Computers
  • Surge Suppressors and UPS
  • Building a Technology Budget
  • Finding the Best Deals on Legal Technology
  • Lawyer's Guide to Buying a Laptop
  • Lawyer's Guide to Buying a Desktop
  • How To Choose an Internet Service Provider
  • Back it Up!

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Products and Services

E-Filing Service Provider Comparisons

  • Comparison Chart of Certified E-Filing Service Providers

Recommendations

  • Printer Recommendations
  • Scanner Recommendations
  • Fax Recommendations

Software Comparison Charts

  • Cloud-Based Practice Management Comparison Chart
  • Cloud-Based Time, Billing, & Accounting Comparison Chart
  • Server-Based Practice Management Comparison Chart
  • Server-Based Time, Billing, & Accounting Comparison Chart
  • ocument Assembly Comparison Chart
  • Document Management Comparison Chart
  • Office 365 Comparison Chart
  • Password Manager Comparison Chart
  • PDF Program Comparison Chart
  • VoIP Vendor Comparison Chart
  • Web Meeting Vendor Comparison Chart

Hardware and Software

Virtual Receptionist

Web Design

Document Assembly

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Videos

  • Adobe Acrobat - Bookmarks
  • Adobe Acrobat - Bates Numbering
  • Adobe Acrobat - Comments and Markup
  • Adobe Acrobat - OCR
  • Adobe Acrobat - Redaction
  • Adobe Acrobat - Reduced File Size
  • Adobe Acrobat - Security and Permissions
  • Adobe Acrobat - Signature Stamp
  • Adobe Acrobat - Typewriter Tool
  • Foxit Phantom Technology - PDF
  • Excel - Basics
  • Excel for Mac
  • NetDocuments - Emailing Document Links
  • NetDocuments - Security - Part 1 of 3 - Security Basics (End User Security)
  • NetDocuments - Sharing Documents Internally
  • Outlook 2013 - Quick Steps
  • Outlook - Tasks and ToDos
  • Play Nice! Working with Word and WordPerfect
  • PowerPoint for Legal Professionals
  • PowerPoint for Mac
  • Preparing a Word Document for E-Filing
  • Quick Takes for Your Practice: Microsoft Office 365
  • Quick Takes for Your Practice: Why E-Discovery is Nothing to Fear
  • Redacting and Removing Metadata
  • Tech Tip: Virtual Private Networks for Attorneys
  • Tech Tip: iPad Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Tech Tip: Using the Paste Special Feature in Microsoft products for Attorneys
  • Tech Tip: Mobile Computing Power Options for Attorneys
  • Tech Tip: Securing online document storage for Attorneys
  • Tech Tip: How to use the Snipping Tool to take a Screenshot for Attorneys
  • Text Recognition - OCR tool (Making Searchable)
  • TrialPad - Presenting
  • Using a Mac in a Windows World
  • Word - Basics for Word 2010
  • Word - Compare Docs Track Changes and Metadata
  • Word - File Information
  • Word - File Types
  • Word - New Features and Recommended Defaults Settings for Word 2013
  • Word - Page Numbering
  • Word - Terminology
  • Word - Top 10 Tips with Barron Henley
  • Word for Mac
  • Word for Mac - Basic Tips and Tricks
  • Word for Mac - Default settings and New Features in 2016
  • Word for Mac - Font Formatting
  • Word for Mac - Formatting Basics
  • Word for Mac - Moving Around Documents
  • Word for Mac - Proofing

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Checklists

  • New Firm Technology Checklist
  • Essential Questions for your Managed Service Provider

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Ethics

ISBA Advisory Opinions on Professional Conduct

  • Using Third-Party and Cloud Technology 16-06, 10-01
  • Use of Listservs or Online Discussion Groups 12-15

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Articles

Technology

  • Charge Ahead
    By Mark Riggleman, Illinois Bar Journal, February 2020
  • Better Drafting Through Templates and Automation
    By Jeffrey R. Schoenberger, Illinois Bar Journal, January 2020
  • Part 2: Digital Signatures—Key Features
    By Jeffrey R. Schoenberger, Illinois Bar Journal, December 2019
  • SMS SOS
    By Cyara Hotopp, Illinois Bar Journal, September 2019
  • Validity of E-Signatures in Illinois
    By Bryan Sims, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, September 2019
  • Not Just a Requirement
    By Cyara Hotopp, Illinois Bar Journal, August 2019
  • Houston, We Have a Problem … Top 10 Signs You Have a Virus or Malware
    By Kevin Payne, Illinois Bar Journal, April 2019
  • Is Dropbox Safe?
    By Barron K. Henley, Illinois Bar Journal, December 2018
  • Living in a Post-Letterhead World
    By Karen Erger, Illinois Bar Journal, November 2018
  • Is Your Email an Open Secret?
    By Jeffrey R. Schoenberger, Illinois Bar Journal, October 2018
  • A Dollar Here, a Dollar There
    By Jeffrey R. Schoenberger, Illinois Bar Journal, September 2018
  • Taking Your Smartphone on Vacation
    By Jeffrey R. Schoenberger, Illinois Bar Journal, June 2018
  • 5 Technologies That Can Transform Your Practice
    By Ed Finkel, Illinois Bar Journal, April 2018
  • Allerton Conference 2017: The Changing Landscape of Civil Practice - Technology, Ethics, and Economics
    By Jeffery A. Parness, Illinois Bar Journal, April 2018
  • 7 reasons law firms should adopt cloud technology now
    By Adam Citron, The Bottom Line, March 2018
  • E-mail: Why can’t I keep my free account?
    By Carl R. Draper, General Practice, Solo & Small Firm , February 2018
  • How to Make Web Meetings Work
    By Jennifer Ramovs, Illinois Bar Journal, February 2018
  • Embrace technology to enrich your legal practice in 2018
    By Steven T. Mann, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, January 2018
  • Office 365: Understanding the Benefits and Busting the Myths
    By Jennifer Ramovs, Illinois Bar Journal, December 2017
  • I moved my time & billing and practice management to the cloud
    By Bryan M. Sims, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, November 2017
  • Virtual reality devices & the legal profession
    By John Zimmerman, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, November 2017
  • Lawyers in small firms and solo practice must understand technology that impacts the practice of law
    By Jonathan Nessler, The Bottom Line, September 2017
  • Busted: The myth of the digital native
    By Samantha Swartz, Bench & Bar, August 2017
  • Legal technology resources for your practice
    By Kimberley Crum Klein, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, July 2017
  • The Training Conundrum
    By Jennifer Ramovs, Illinois Bar Journal, July 2017
  • IPad Pro – expensive but worth it if it meets your needs! Two versions to choose from
    By John T. Phipps, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, July 2017
  • From the Newsletters - When is an e-discovery request too burdensome?
    Illinois Bar Journal, June 2017
  • Improve Your Document Drafting With Templates
    By Barron K. Henley, Illinois Bar Journal, June 2017
  • Busting the Myth - Cloud Doesn’t (and Shouldn’t) Mean Cheap
    By Jennifer Ramovs, Illinois Bar Journal, March 2017
  • Legal technology resources for your practice
    By Kimberley Crum Klein, The Catalyst, December 2016
  • Keeping Your Cell Phone Secure
    By Jennifer Ramovs, Illinois Bar Journal, December 2016
  • Guidance for attorneys in dealing with cybersecurity risks
    By Lisa Jungman and Karen Tobin, Business and Securities Law Forum, June 2016
  • Using the cloud to streamline your practice and reduce IT costs
    By Tracy A. Brammeier, YLDNews, April 2016
  • IllinoisBarDocs: ISBA’s Affordable Forms
    By Timothy A. Slating, Illinois Bar Journal, January 2016
  • Litigation technology to think about for 2016
    By Carrie TItus, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, December 2015
  • A look into the mind of Einstein
    By John Rammel, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, December 2015
  • Using Microsoft Excel in your law practice: A primer for users without green visors
    By Angie K. Robertson, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, November 2015
  • How to put your most professional-self forward on voice-mail
    By Ann Marie Sabath, YLDNews, June 2015
  • E-mail courtesy DOs and taboos
    By Ann Marie Sabath, YLDNews, April 2015
  • A review of ways to use technology to improve client service for your practice
    By Steven M. Wallace, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, March 2015
  • Start-up tech for any budget
    By Bryan M. Sims and Nerino J. Petro Jr., Standing Committee on Legal Technology, July 2014
  • Virtual assistance
    By Dan Breen, The Bottom Line, April 2014
  • Low-Tech Is Not an Option
    By Paula H. Holderman, Illinois Bar Journal, March 2014
  • Privacy concerns related to mobile technology
    By Ethel Spyratos, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, March 2014
  • Low Cost Technology for Highly Productive Lawyers
    By Ed Finkel, Illinois Bar Journal, January 2014
  • Behind the Technology Curve? The ISBA Can Help
    By John G. Locallo, Illinois Bar Journal, March 2012
  • LPES—Protecting your laptop from prying eyes
    By Alan Pearlman, The Bottom Line, June 2010
  • Tame unruly e-mail with rules
    By Peter Mierzwa, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, April 2005
  • Seven Steps to Better Computer Security
    By Todd Flaming, Illinois Bar Journal, February 2004
  • Wireless networking: Part I
    By Nerino J. Petro, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, January 2004
  • The high price of free email
    By Matthew Hector, Illinois Bar Journal, April 2018

Virtual Office

  • Do You Really Need an Office?
    By Todd H. Flaming, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, September 2019
  • Outsourced Bookkeeping-Is Your Firm a Candidate?
    By Jennifer Ramovs, Illinois Bar Journal, August 2018
  • 7 reasons law firms should adopt cloud technology now
    By Adam Citron, The Bottom Line, March 2018
  • I moved my time & billing and practice management to the cloud
    By Bryan M. Sims, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, November 2017
  • Some thoughts on embracing technology from a virtual practitioner
    By Michael Brennan, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, May 2017
  • A new option for new lawyers: Your first downtown office
    By Marie K. Sarantakis, YLDNews, August 2016
  • New ‘office away from the office’ especially for the small, non-downtown firms
    By Anna P. Krolikowska, General Practice, Solo & Small Firm , July 2016
  • Virtual law offices—A primer
    By Michael Brennan, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, May 2016
  • Using the cloud to streamline your practice and reduce IT costs
    By Tracy A. Brammeier, YLDNews, April 2016
  • The Virtual Attorney
    Illinois Bar Journal, October 2015
  • Virtual assistance
    By Dan Breen, The Bottom Line, April 2014
  • Solo tech can beat the big firms
    By Peter LaSorsa, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, February 2013
  • On the road again: My (virtual) road to a (real) better life—Part 2
    By Timothy J. Storm, General Practice, Solo & Small Firm , July 2012
  • Taking Your Practice to the Cloud
    By Maria Kantzavelos, Illinois Bar Journal, April 2012
  • My (virtual) road to a (real) better life
    By Timothy J. Storm, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, March 2012
  • Does Your Law Firm Need a Virtual Reality?
    By Peter R. Olson, Illinois Bar Journal, October 2011
  • Status report on my paperless office
    By Alan R. Press, Standing Committee on Legal Technology, September 2010
  • Virtual law firms: the new reality of lawyer collaboration
    By Helen W. Gunnarsson, Illinois Bar Journal, August 2010
  • Just Can’t Wait to Get on the Road Again
    By Helen W. Gunnarsson, Illinois Bar Journal, December 2009
  • The virtual practice: The what and why
    By R. Andrew Smith, The Bottom Line, October 2009
  • Using a home office and virtual workers: Our firm’s experience
    By Peter R. Olson, The Bottom Line, May 2008
  • Now you don’t see it—Now you do
    By Peter Mierzwa, Family Law, October 2006